End of the School Week

This week we spent our days visiting an English course at the agency, which was quite fun. On the first day of class we had to do a multiple choice test made up of 50 questions. We also had to have a dialogue with our teacher so that she could distinguish our level of English. According to the result of our test and the dialogue, we were then split into two classes, each with a new teacher. I was in the so-called advanced class.

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First week overview

Today we woke up late because it was a day off. Our alarms were set around 10 o’ clock. We started with a healthy breakfast and a little talk with our host family. Afterwards, we looked around what we could do today. We found some exciting stuff but luckily our host family gave us some information, that today the city will be full because of the holiday. So we just went to the supermarket to buy some food.
For the first week, I have to say, that it was a great experience to learn English with a native speaker. I think that the learning method which the teacher used was great. Also, the classmates were very friendly and the experience of learning English with guys from other countries was great, we had Russian, French and German classmates.
Now I am looking forward for the next week when we will start our internship…

The english course has ended

The english course, which took place from 9am till 12:30pm, has been a lot of fun, as it was not taught through dull grammar lessons, but interacting with the other students who all where from different countries which for some, may help to take away the fear of approaching strangers.
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Thanks Google…

Today, as usual, we started our way to the Twin-Group school. There, we started the lesson with a great topic. We got a story about a murder and we had to do a role play to a criminal court. I got the part as the main witness from the murder and I had the task to lie. In conclusion it was very funny even though the end of the story was lame. My lie was convincing but still not enough to prove that the indicted was guilty, so the indicted was able to convince the court that it was just an accident.

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Quiz Night

Today the agency organized a quiz night for all their interns in Belfast. For this we met at „The points“, a whiskey bar in the middle of the city. We could reach the bar in 20 minutes on foot. It was just like you imagined an Irish bar. Dark wooden furniture and violin music. it was really cool. Additionally there was a free drink for everyone. We were split in groups of 5 people and were given a sheet with the questions on it. The quiz was about questions about Belfast, Ireland and the EU. As a free drink I decided for a guinness because my colleagues had already recommended me to try it and it was really delicious.

Bites and bytes

Now on thursday our week is practicly over , because of „bank holidays“ which never heard of before. At our last day for the week everything was as usual and we started working just like the other days. For lunch we just had a BBQ at PreceptIT and it was amazing.  We just start to smalltalk with our collegues and the atmosphere is getting very cofortable. Another plus is that  some kind of routine come into our lives now and i start focusing on something else than just finding the right way to work. For example i was quiet confused as i noticed that the license plates at the cars have different colors in the front and in the back , addititonal to that there are the owner names written on it.

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Some good Irish hospitality

Today was a special day at Precept-IT. Kevin and I were invited to join and eat some tasty Irish beef burgers with the rest of the team.

We were lucky to have such good weather today. Perfect for grilling some beef, talking and having a good time.

I’m curious what the evening brings with it. Looking forward to the quiz-night with Intern-Europe and the long bank-holiday this weekend.

The Week so far.

The Sunday started pretty calm for me because I could sleep very long which I definitely needed after the exhausting day before. After I took a little shower my roommate Nickolas and I took the train to Waterloo East to meet with our friend Artin. From Waterloo we took a foot over the Westminster Bridge to the Westminster Palace and then to the St James’s Park, where we allowed ourselves a little break at the St James’s Park Lake. From the lake we moved to the Buckingham Palace to take a look at the Royal Guard and at the Buckingham Palace itself. Afterwards we tried to find a place where we could drink a tea and maybe eat a little bit, 10 minutes later we found a small little store called The English Cafe Rose and Tea Shop behind the Buckingham „The Week so far.“ weiterlesen